Practice Briefs

Grief can be defined as the “emotion, generated by an experience of loss and characterized by sorrow and/or distress and the personal and interpersonal experience of loss” (Humphrey, 2009, p.5).

Hoarding disorder (HD) was recently added as a distinct mental health diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental and Emotional Disorders (DSM-5; APA, 2013).

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an umbrella term that describes “any form of physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, and/or verbal abuse between partners in an intimate relationship” (Murray & Graves, 2012, p. 14).

ntimate partner violence (IPV) is an umbrella term that describes “any form of physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, and/or verbal abuse between partners in an intimate relationship” (Murray & Graves, 2012, p. 14).

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an umbrella term that describes “any form of physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, and/or verbal abuse between partners in an intimate relationship” (Murray & Graves, 2012, p. 14).

“an important and effective intervention for supporting and strengthening families as they cope with changing circumstances in a changing world as well as deal with issues such as socio-economic risks, health crises, and delinquency”

Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is categorized as a Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder in the fifth edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013).

In the United States, an estimated 50 million students are enrolled in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Another 15 million students attend colleges and universities across the country.

A sexual offender is a legal, non-psychological term used to describe an individual who has been convicted by a court of law of a sexual offense, which may include abuse of another individual.

In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the American Psychiatric Association (2013) categorizes specific learning disorder (SLD) as a neurodevelopmental disorder.